"Will, is that you?" called a forlorn voice from the depths. From Wordnik.com. [Cricket at the Seashore] Reference
This attacking column might have been called a forlorn hope, so few men had she with her. From Wordnik.com. [Joan of Arc] Reference
He recalled the forlorn little smile with which she had accepted von Elmur's lover-like protestations at Madame de Sagan's doorway. From Wordnik.com. [A Modern Mercenary] Reference
I lay back on the sofa and kicked the cushions with my feet in a kind of forlorn anger. From Wordnik.com. [The Ghost Ship] Reference
Investors need to reach for a thesaurus to find new ways to describe the "forlorn" dollar. From Wordnik.com. [Volatility Likely As Market Tests January Lows] Reference
Because if it does, she thought with a kind of forlorn hope, Mom isn't gonna want to stay in this state much longer. From Wordnik.com. [Jinx High]
Very easy to set up, although it looks kind of forlorn sitting on top of my wardrobe because its so small compared to the old one. From Wordnik.com. [The Agony of TV] Reference
They sang in unison, sang with a kind of forlorn heat and enthusiasm. From Wordnik.com. [Henry Brocken His Travels and Adventures in the Rich, Strange, Scarce-Imaginable Regions of Romance] Reference
Henry's "forlorn" rushed forward, and though many fell, enough came on. From Wordnik.com. [In Kings' Byways] Reference
Gray has 'forlorn' and 'mourn;' -- and 'torn' and 'mourn' are in Smollet's famous Tears of Scotland. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 2 (of 6) With His Letters and Journals] Reference
It might well be termed the forlorn hope; however I wish with all my heart that you may be successful. ". From Wordnik.com. [Mark Hurdlestone Or, The Two Brothers] Reference
He stood there a moment, breathing heavily, in a kind of forlorn, undecided way, and then he turned back. From Wordnik.com. [The Border Legion] Reference
Describing his long research career as "forlorn," Lee said what kept him going was his interest and strong sense of calling. From Wordnik.com. [Taipei Times] Reference
They are a kind of forlorn hope, preceding by ten or twelve years the most respectable army of veterans which come after them. From Wordnik.com. [Letters from an American Farmer] Reference
All forlorn there, a corner rippling back in the breeze. From Wordnik.com. [The Measure Of A Man] Reference
A forlorn For-Sale sign was attached to anything that didn't move. From Wordnik.com. [Summer At Lake Elsinore] Reference
It sits forlorn in the test garage, waiting for its new owner to pick it up. From Wordnik.com. [Final thoughts: Jaguar XK] Reference
He looked as forlorn as the end of a TV movie, with those tubes doing his breathing. From Wordnik.com. [Ordinary People] Reference
"Oh, don't worry about it, and don't look so forlorn, Robert Caul," she says. From Wordnik.com. [Shopgirls] Reference
Barney's wide-angle lens makes the room appear even more forlorn than it probably is. From Wordnik.com. [A House Is Not A Home] Reference
In the incandescent August heat, a forlorn cab driver sits in the shade waiting for a fare. From Wordnik.com. [Mexico's Drug War Hits Historic Border Cantinas] Reference
But it's far from the first time a publisher has stirred up scandals to salvage a forlorn gamble. From Wordnik.com. [Trashing Teddy Kennedy] Reference
It helps if you're forlorn enough you don't mind having the same conversation over and over again. From Wordnik.com. [Personal picks: Economy cars, part 4] Reference
It'll come to him, as the door's bells clang, a cold wind slipping inside like a forlorn stranger. From Wordnik.com. [Thinly Sliced Raw Fish] Reference
But counting on Maliki to countenance raids on militias that keep him in power may be a forlorn hope. From Wordnik.com. [Bush's Truman Show] Reference
But this forlorn district, known formally as Pumwani, has been a seedbed of discovery for two decades. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of a Virus Hunter] Reference
All those forlorn marshalling yards and abandoned signal boxes whisked me back to films about the occupation. From Wordnik.com. [Simon Hoggart's week: Lot valley? The French aren't kidding] Reference
This is more than a censure for Mr. Westerwelle and his forlorn hope to make good campaign promises of tax relief. From Wordnik.com. [Deputy's Hand-Bagging Shows Merkel Is in No Mood to Ease Up on Austerity] Reference
A forlorn Iraqi gatekeeper ran among them, wailing protests in Arabic, until U.S. officers put a stop to the looting. From Wordnik.com. [Babylonian Booty] Reference
Even Gorey's hand-lettered captions -- like some obsolescent calligrapher's forlorn imitation of type -- were unmistakable. From Wordnik.com. [E Is For Edward, Whose Work Was So Strange] Reference
The inspectors were even told where to look for the evidence: Al Nibai, a forlorn desert outpost 100 miles northwest of Baghdad. From Wordnik.com. [Unearthing The Truth] Reference
While we have been bombarded with hockey sticks and forlorn polar bears, our focus in climate should really be on the computer models. From Wordnik.com. [Garbage In, Money Out] Reference
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